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Season Premiere 2016 Event is the 26th minor event overall and the 13th event for 2016. It started on September 21, 2016 and ended on October 4, 2016. It required level 5 to start.

The event started with the main questline, Battle of the Brands which unlocked all the personal prizes of the event.

From September 28 a rebate-deal promotion started composed of two Wave of offers.

  • Wave 1: September 28 - October 1
  • Wave 2: October 1 - 4

From September 30 to October 4, Springfield Heights job-rewards were quadruplicated, though it costs to start it remains intact (if applicable). This applies to:

For a short period of time movies at the Googolplex could be started for free. However, the cost was added back with a patch released on September 30th.

New Content[]

Buildings[]

Name Cost/Need to Collect How to Unlock Available
New Lard Lad CashFREE Battle of the Brands Pt. 1 Whole Event
Moe's Brewing Co. Gift Cards (2016)12 Battle of the Brands Pt. 2 Whole Event
Cinnabun Gift Cards (2016)25 Battle of the Brands Pt.4 Whole Event
Springfield Bowl Gift Cards (2016)36 Battle of the Brands Pt.6 September 25 - October 4
Fancy Farms Donuts70 - Whole Event
Retro Lard Lad Donuts120 - Whole Event
Springfielde Glenne Condos Donuts70 - September 28 - October 1
Bookaccino's Donuts100 - October 1 - 4

Characters[]

Name Cost/How to Unlock Available
Laird Ladd Retro Lard Lad Whole Event

Decorations[]

Name Cost/Need to Collect Available
Quimby's Broken Promises Billboard Donuts20 Whole Event
Beach Hideaway Donuts40 Whole Event
Hideaway Deck Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 2 -
Hideaway Stairs Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 2 -
Hideaway Walkway (No Roof) Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 2 -
Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 5
Hideaway Hut Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 3 -
Hideaway Platform Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 3 -
Hideaway Bridge Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 3 -
Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 4
Hideaway Gazebo Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 4 -
Hideaway Gazebo Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 5 -
Hideaway Walkaway Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 4 -
Upgrade Beach Hideaway to level 5

Returning Content[]

Buildings[]

Name Cost Available
Banana Dictatorship Donuts30 Whole Event
Bob's Victorian House Donuts100 Whole Event
Cool Brown House Donuts120 October 1 - 4
Health Spa Donuts150 September 28 - October 1
Kwik-E-Mart Central Office Donuts145 Whole Event
Mapple Store Donuts90 Whole Event
Plastic Surgery Center Donuts80 October 1 - 4
Quick & Fresh Donuts30 Whole Event
Springfield Farmers Market Donuts70 October 1 - 4
Swanky Fish Donuts90 October 1 - 4

Costumes[]

Name Cost/How to Unlock Available
Cool Homer Cool Brown House October 1 - 4

Decorations[]

Name Cost Available
Golf Course Donuts100 September 28 - October 1
Strupo Statue Donuts20 September 28 - October 1

Prize Track[]

PROMO Rebate Deals[]

Season Premiere 2016 PROMO Dialogue[]

Character Dialogue
Quimby Angry Icon The city is broke, people! We are hemorrhaging money and need cash fast, or we'll all be selling our likeness to T-shirt companies. But Moe, not you.
Mr. Burns Diabolical Icon I could pull the city up by its bootstraps...
Lisa Shouting Icon No! We will not turn to you again to solve our financial crises.
Gil Selling Icon You could all turn to Gil! Mostly ‘cause I lost that vertebrae in my spine that makes ME able to turn to YOU.
Gil Happy Icon Big Business to the rescue! Stock your Springfield with corporate juggernauts and get donuts back with every purchase. Ha-cha-cha!
Quimby Icon When does 'er, the traditional political "palm greasing" come into play?
Gil Selling Icon Every franchise contract comes with a standard government bribe.
Quimby Happy Icon That is very comforting.
Gil Happy Icon Ol' Gil's back with a brink-of-bankruptcy bookstore! Get bargain basement prices on this dying medium.
Skinner Icon Books will always have a place in yard sale milk crates and on the shelves of penniless schools like ours.

Offer Accepted[]

Character Dialogue
Gil Happy Icon Oh, boy! This could be Gil's biggest break since both my thumbs!
Gil Happy Icon A sale! At this rate, I'll be eatin' broken hotdogs and bathing in briny hotdog water by Sunday night!

Offer Declined[]

Character Dialogue
Gil Surprised Icon Oh, come on! Now the bank is gonna repossess the flaps on my cardboard box.
Gil Sad Icon It gets chilly without the flaps...
Gil Annoyed Icon Just you wait. Ol' Gil will have the last laugh when you wind up on the street with him. And I've got the best spot out there – under a nice shady tree and out of the mud puddle splash zone.

Wave 2[]

Character Dialogue
Gil Happy Icon Ol' Gil's back with a brink-of-bankruptcy bookstore! Get bargain basement prices on this dying medium.
Skinner Icon Books will always have a place in yard sale milk crates and on the shelves of penniless schools like ours.

Springfield Heights 4x Rewards[]

Character Dialogue
Quimby Happy Icon Let us reap the rewards of selling out to our new corporate overlords.
Lindsey Naegle Happy Icon On behalf of Globaltech-Omnidyn-Synthecorp, we'd like to give back to the social elite who so often get left behind.
Mr. Burns Happy Icon Huzzah! Why should the poor be the only ones who get to suckle at the teat of government subsidy?
Gil Sad Icon I wonder how much I could get for my other kidney...
For a limited time, Springfield Heights buildings are paying out FOUR TIMES the standard rewards! Ends on October 4th.
 
— System Message.


Messages[]

Approaching the event's deadline, three different messages were set to trigger for those players that hadn't completed the event yet.

72 hours prior deadline[]

The Season Premiere 2016 is ending on October 4th! Earn all content before it's too late!
 
— System Message.

Less than 24 hours prior deadline[]

The Season Premiere 2016 is ending in Hours and Minutes! Earn all content before it's too late!
 
— System Message.

After Deadline[]

The Season Premiere 2016 is over! But don't worry! You can still finish your current quest and earn its reward.
 
— System Message.


Trivia[]

  • On October 3rd, a server update corrected the ending date for the Springfield Heights increased rewards. Additionally, the event, and the promotion got extended as well.

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